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"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."

"Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone."

"People who see beauty all around them live in a beautiful world. People who see danger all around them live in a dangerous world."

"Now I don't know half of the young people in the industry. It's too spread out, too diffuse."
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"Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area."

"I've always liked the effect of having somebody in there who hadn't the faintest idea what was going on."

"Personally, I've found one of the more stimulating ways of playing in recent times has been to kind of move outside the free improvised area and work with people who are probably improvisers but they have a particular way of working."

"I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people."
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